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  Opportunity Tracker

USArchive  Announces “Opportunity Tracker                                 

One year pilot yields tremendous potential for NISH non-profits in new lines of business. 

Over 4 Billion in federal contracts identified along with over 400 local government opportunities

Redmond WA, November 26, 2008:

General description

Opportunity Tracker is the integration of opportunity searching, identifying, collecting, filtering, and tracking large amounts of government opportunity data from multiple sources and maintaining the data in one location for many to collaborate on.   Opportunity Tracker operates by the use of a combination of well tested search words, in conjunction with push technology, standard government search sites and human intervention.  The result is an effective solution for searching out local and federal government opportunities that fit the profile of the AbilityOne Network’s new and developing lines of Secure Mail/Digital Document Services.  These can include existing federal contracts, federal RFPs and sources sought, local government RFPs, RFI’s, and other solicitations.  All will be collected in Opportunity Tracker.

The problem

·         NPA’s typically have limited resources dedicated to opportunity research

·         new lines require new application knowledge

·         most NPA’s haven’t had the time to develop new alliance support partners

·         getting started can be daunting without experienced support

·         opportunities abound if only the opportunities could be uncovered 

·         new lines of business require new thinking

·         NPA’s must be prepared with resources to take on the first project

·         the NPA must be prepared for the unusual circumstance

Solution to the problem

Centralize the research to an experienced team that knows the market and provide the results to the NPA under a very reasonable subscription basis. The team will filter out non-applicable opportunities or opportunities that just don’t make sense to tackle.  Then provide a second filter that matches up the opportunity with the skill level of the non-profit in the area. Additionally it matches the application with successful and  trusted alliance partners that can help the nonprofit go after the opportunity immediately without risk of failure.

The process

Our team handles all the upfront work in a well thought out and organized manner.  We use multiple search engines using effective search words and manual searches to ferret out existing federal government contracts and local government opportunities as well.

 Here's how it works:

Step 1.   All opportunities are filtered down to only the best opportunities that apply to the new lines of business.  All opportunities that relate to the lines are discussed between our experienced team then are collected and summarized in a Gantt chart that briefs the application.  We collect the name of the region, the contracting officers and their contact information, the value of the contract, the type of contract, and other critical time lines that need to be observed in the contract.

These include:

·         question-and-answer periods

·         pre-bid dates

·         bid submittal dates

·         bid opening dates

·         short lists

·         and final award date

 All information is tracked via color-coded timelines for easy to delineation.

Step 2.  Once collected in a Gantt chart at the same time the full RFP is loaded up to our secure website for secure password-protected viewing by a select audience.  Our expanded team collaborate on the opportunities together and the decision is made where we match up with an NPA that has the experience or has the desire to move forward on the project.  If we can't match up an NPA in the geographical area then that opportunity is put out to a host of alliances that may indeed want to take on the project themselves.  If an NPA is identified, a call will go out to that NPA to check on their desire to work on the project. 

Step 3.  The next step is to match up one of our trusted alliances in a teaming effort with the non-profit that will  roll up a very capable team that can successfully meet requirements and perform the project.  And  its tracked every step of the way.

Summary

Opportunity Tracker totally eliminates the requirement of the individual NPA to staff up for opportunity research and automatically brings with it a whole team of experienced document management professionals and many trusted alliance partners that can get the job done.

See it in action.  Check out our upcoming webinar on Opportunity Tracker and get all your questions answered.